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LAWS OF MARYLAND.

forth in the compact between them, entered into in the year seventeen hundred and eighty-five; but that the same shall remain to, and be enjoyed by the said States, and the citizens thereof forever; and provided further, that the landholders on either side of the line of boundary between the said States as the same may be ascertained and determined by the said award, shall in no manner be disturbed

Title to and possession.

thereby in their title to and possession of their lands, as they may be at the date of said award, but shall in any case, hold and possess the same as if their said titles and possession had been derived under the laws of the State, in which, by the fixing of the said line by the terms of the said award, they may be ascertained to be.

Line to be observed.

SEC. 2. And be it enacted, That until the final adjustment and settlement of the said line of boundary, the temporary line across the Chesapeake bay, known as the Lovett-Davidson line, shall be faithfully observed by the citizens of the said two States.

Vacancy.

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That if, in the recess of the Legislature a vacancy shall occur by reason of the death, resignation or refusal to act, of any of the persons herein appointed to settle and determine the said line of boundary as aforesaid, a fit person or persons shall be appointed by the concurrent action of the Governor of Maryland, and the Governor of Virginia, or of the Legislature of the latter State, as the case may be, who with those already appointed, and who may act in the premises, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties defined and imposed in the first section of this act.

Forward a copy.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the Governor is hereby requested to forward a copy of this act to the Governor of Virginia, with a request that he present the same to the General Assembly of that State, and that he communicate to the Honorable James B. Beck, his appointment under this act, and request his acceptance of the same.

In force.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect from the date of its passage.

Approved April 3, 1876.